Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
wisdom is like a bottomless pond. You throw stones in and they sink into darkness and dissolve. Her eyes looking back do… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Don't think too much. That makes you believe you have more choices than you do. Then you mind becomes confused. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
People there only dream that it is China, because if you are Chinese you can never let go of China in your… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Each person is made of five different elements, she told me. Too much fire and you had a bad temper. That was… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
You don't care what people think. You don't see your beloved's faults, the slight stinginess, the bit of carelessness, the occasional streak… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I love my daughter. She and I have shared my body. There is a part of her mind that is a part… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Shanghainese people are good negotiators, they're very persistent, and you grow up in an atmosphere like that - very competitive. That becomes part of… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
But now that I am old, moving every year closer to the end of my life, I also feel closer to the beginning. And… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
You should think about your character. Know where you are changing, how you will be changed, what cannot be changed back again. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Lebih baik jadi orang yang TIDAK TERLUPAKAN daripada orang yang MEMBOSANKAN -” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember? — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
We all become different readers in how we respond to books, why we need them, what we take from them. We become different in… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
